Edouard Izac

Edouard Izac

Edouard Victor Michel Izac (born December 18, 1891 in Cresco , Howard County , Iowa , †  January 18, 1990 in Fairfax , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1947 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After some schools in Iowa and Minnesota , Edouard Izac graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis ( Maryland ) in 1915 . He then served in the US Navy until 1921 . During the First World War his ship, the President Lincoln, was sunk. He was picked up by the German submarine U 90 and later transferred to a prisoner of war camp. From there he managed to escape. After his return to the American units, he was able to pass on his observations on board the German boat and thus provide the US Navy with important information. For this he was awarded the Medal of Honor and the Italian Croce di Guerra , among others . Due to the injuries sustained in captivity, he had to quit active military service in 1921. He moved to San Diego , California, where he worked in the newspaper business between 1922 and 1928. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1934 he ran for the US House of Representatives without success. In 1940 and 1944 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions , at which President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for re-election.

In the 1936 congressional election , Izac was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 20th  constituency of California , where he succeeded George Burnham on January 3, 1937 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1947 . Since 1943 he represented the then newly established 23rd district of his state. More New Deal laws were passed in Congress by 1941 . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In 1945 Izac visited the Buchenwald concentration camp, which has now been liberated .

In 1946 he was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked in the wood industry. He also dealt with the ranching of livestock on his now acquired farm near Gordonsville , Virginia. Edouard Izac spent his retirement in Bethesda, Maryland. He has lived in Fairfax since 1988, where he died on January 18, 1990 at the age of 98. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Web links

• Edouard Izac in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edouard Izac in the database of Find a Grave (English)